Tommy Robinson quits the EDL

The Geezer · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:33

So the time has come for the EDL to disband itself given the leadership is quitting,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24442953

I can't help but think that the football season has started and therefore numbers to their marches would be on the decline.

Gilly · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:40

The Geezer said:
I can't help but think that the football season has started and therefore numbers to their marches would be on the decline.

I think it's harsh to brand football fans as EDL members. Not all football fans are stupid.

robfosters · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:40

The Geezer said:
So the time has come for the EDL to disband itself given the leadership is quitting,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24442953

I can't help but think that the football season has started and therefore numbers to their marches would be on the decline.

He's basically got bored. No one's taking enough notice so it's time to move and find another way to stir up trouble.

Suarez7 · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:43

Gilly said:
I think it's harsh to brand football fans as EDL members. Not all football fans are stupid.

Not all EDL members are stupid either, some of them are well educated and in well paid jobs.

The Geezer · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:45

Gilly said:
I think it's harsh to brand football fans as EDL members. Not all football fans are stupid.

I concur although EDL does draw upon the thugs from football - casuals and firms associate themselves with the group

Twirlywoos · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:45

The Geezer said:
So the time has come for the EDL to disband itself given the leadership is quitting,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24442953

I can't help but think that the football season has started and therefore numbers to their marches would be on the decline.

Let those EDL hooligans have their way on the football stadiums where they belong.

Gilly · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:48

Suarez7 said:
Not all EDL members are stupid either

LOL

The Geezer said:
I concur although EDL does draw upon the thugs from football - casuals and firms associate themselves with the group

Yeah, but those people aren't really footy fans anyway. They have used football to justify themselves for a long time. They are the type to not miss an EDL day out causing trouble.

Uncle Petey · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:49

Maybe he found a better, more 'hands on' position with the NF?

Gilly · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:50

Maybe he's joining UKIP.

Efour · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:50

Just heard on Radio 4 that many of the leadership may have resigned... Unconfirmed but funny if true.

Nevakonaza · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:55

I can see what Tommy was trying to accomplish,And i agree with him...but to me hes started something that was never going to go anywhere,All those demonstrations nothing will change..nobody cares.

The problem with a lot of the EDL members (Not all of them),they're racist,Far right and DO act like football hooligans...,Not what the EDL was intended to be for,with people like this nothing going to happen,They're all just considered as a racist group...which is unacceptable imo.

Gilly · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:56

No, they act like (and are) hooligans. Nothing to do with football.

Redz · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:56

He'll be a Tory backbencher this time next year.

dowie · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:58

Gilly said:
Yeah, but those people aren't really footy fans anyway. They have used football to justify themselves for a long time. They are the type to not miss an EDL day out causing trouble.

Come on that's like the old "suicide bombers are not true Muslims" line...

I think its fairly apparent that the EDL has roots amongst football hooligans... criticising that doesn't necessarily mean anyone is trying to infer that ordinary football fans are in anyway associated with it... and likewise most ordinary Muslims in the UK have got nothing to do with extremism.

spudbynight · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:58

Redz said:
He'll be a Labour backbencher this time next year.

Fixed that for you.

Gilly · 8 Oct 2013 at 13:59

dowie said:
Come on that's like the old "suicide bombers are not true Muslims" line...

I think its fairly apparent that the EDL has roots amongst football hooligans... criticising that doesn't necessarily mean anyone is trying to infer that ordinary football fans are in anyway associated with it... and likewise most ordinary Muslims in the UK have got nothing to do with extremism.

Not really, when these people rarely, if ever, went to matches. They travelled to other places on game day as part of a 'firm' to fight other 'firms'. What does that have to do with football?

They never wear their team colours, they don't go to their team's matches. What makes them football fans?

Cosimo · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:04

Gilly said:
Maybe he's joining UKIP.

Now that would be funny. He could a beer drinking buddy for Farage and bottle anyone who didn't agree with him.

Redz · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:05

spudbynight said:
Fixed that for you.

Not quite, the mention of the NF a few posts up from mine reminded me of when in the 80s several NF politicians joined/applied to join the Conservative Party as Thatcher's political ideology was more in keeping with their own.

The Geezer · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:06

Didn't they start British Freedom Party and quit after Kevin Carroll lost the election for a PCC role in Luton ?

Not sure if they are made for politics, as they still have a street mentality the same problem the NF had in the 70's

pitchfork · 8 Oct 2013 at 14:08

Gilly said:
I think it's harsh to brand football fans as EDL members. Not all football fans are stupid.

It's not a far stretch though.

I mean I've seen people use football stats in domestic violence research because it's been proven domestic violence at the local level rises significantly when the local football team loses.

It doesn't mean all people who like football beat their wife, but it could mean that a lot of wife beaters like football. I don't think anyone would suggest that it's representative of the entire population of football fans.